Dr. Davood Nakhaie

Dr. Davood Nakhaie is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Materials Engineering at the University of British Columbia, co-supervised by Prof. Edouard Asselin. He obtained both his B. Sc.  And M.Sc. in metallurgical engineering and corrosion from the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (Iran). Dr. Nakhaie received his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, where he developed a new mathematical model to predict the corrosion behaviour of galvanized steel in soil.  Combined, he has more than 10 years of laboratory and industrial experience in corrosion and protection of metallic materials, and is passionate about utilizing his expertise in corrosion science to solve biomedical problems.  Dr. Nakhaie’s current research interests are the creation of  antimicrobial coatings for high-touch surfaces and multiscale modeling of corrosion phenomena. In addition, Dr. he is also a co-founder and CTO at Atrasim, an advanced corrosion planning, mitigation, and prediction software.

Saeromi Kim

Saeromi is a Research Associate in the Department of Materials Engineering at the University of British Columbia. She received her B.A.Sc. in Materials Engineering from the University of British Columbia and her M.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Science & Technology/Korean Institute of Science & Technology (South Korea). Through her undergraduate co-op program and multiple NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards, Saeromi obtained  significant experience with biomaterials synthesis and characterization. Motivated by the COVID pandemic, her current research interests are developing scalable surface modification and fabrication techniques for  implantable biomaterials and point-of-care diagnostic devices using an electrochemical approach.

Mitchell Albert

Mitchell is a M.A.Sc. student in the Department of Materials Engineering at the University of British Columbia. He received his B.Eng. from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at  McMaster University, and currently holds a NSERC CGS-M award. Through an undergraduate research assistantship and senior undergraduate thesis at McMaster, Mitchell worked on developing new surface modification strategies for orthopaedic implants and optical biosensors. He is currently focused on fabricating advanced nanocomposites for point-of-care (POC) and wearable biosensing, and his research interests include polymer science, sustainability, and low-temperature materials processing.

Rebekah Greenwood

Rebekah is a third year undergraduate student in the Department of Chemistry and has been working as a research assistant in the Clifford Lab since November 2021. Her research areas include the functionalization of polymers as biocompatible adhesives and hydrogel-based biosensors. In 2022, Rebekah was awarded an NSERC USRA for her work on biocompatible adhesives.